showfont - font dumper for X font server
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Description
Showfont displays data about a font that matches the given pattern. The information shown includes font
information, font properties, character metrics, and character bitmaps.
The wildcard character "*" can be used to match any sequence of characters (including none) in the font
name, and "?" can be used to match any single character. The "*" and "?" characters must be quoted to
prevent them from being expanded by the shell. If no pattern is given, "*" is assumed.
Environment
FONTSERVER
the default X font server to contact. The server name must be specified in one of the formats
defined in the FontServerNames section of X(7).
Name
showfont - font dumper for X font server
Options
-serverservername
The X font server to contact. servername must be specified in one of the formats defined in the
FontServerNames section of X(7). If not specified, the server name in the FONTSERVER
environment variable is used.
-fnname
The font to display.
-lsb The bit order of the font should be requested as LSBFirst (least significant bit first).
-msb The bit order of the font should be requested as MSBFirst (most significant bit first).
-LSB The byte order of the font should be requested as LSBFirst (least significant byte first).
-MSB The byte order of the font should be requested as MSBFirst (most significant byte first).
-ext[ents_only]
Only the character extents should be displayed, but not the bitmaps.
-startchar
The start of the range of the characters to display (char is a number).
-endchar
The end of the range of the characters to display (char is a number).
-unitn The scanline unit of the font (8, 16, 32, or 64).
-padn The scanpad unit of the font (8, 16, 32, or 64).
-b[itmap_pad] n
The bitmap padding unit of the font (0, 1, or 2, where 0 is ImageRectMin, 1 is ImageRectMaxWidth
and 2 is ImageRectMax).
-noprops
Do not show the font properties.
-version
Print the program version and exit.
See Also
xfs(1), fslsfonts(1), fstobdf(1), xlsfonts(1), X(7).
Synopsis
showfont [ -options ... ] -fnpattern
